Andrew J. Guswa (aguswa@email.smith.edu) Amy L. Rhodes Smith College The Monteverde Institute Monthly Climate Summary - April 2006 The Monteverde Institute, Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Elev: 1420m Lat: 10 deg. 18 min. 20 sec. N Long: 84 deg. 48 min. 34 sec. W Max Mean Max Min Mean Max Mean Max Time Min Time Daily Rain Time Rel. Rel. Time Rel. Time Solar Solar Time Day Temp Temp Max Temp Min Rain Rate Max Humid Humid Max Humid Min Rad Rad Max Deg.C Deg.C Temp Deg.C Temp (mm) (mm/hr) Rain (%) (%) Humid (%) Humid (W/m2) (W/m2) Rad --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 17.8 21.1 1320 15.8 2350 0.0 0.0 2350 78.2 88.3 120 66.4 1330 261 996 1200 2 17.3 20.7 1200 15.4 2200 0.3 1.5 2020 82.1 93.9 2000 65.8 1030 215 936 1040 3 17.0 20.8 1400 14.8 320 0.0 0.0 2350 75.7 87.6 0 60.9 1200 263 947 1210 4 16.7 20.0 1200 14.7 400 0.0 0.0 2350 82.7 92.5 1810 67.5 120 241 925 1100 5 17.0 21.1 1320 15.0 550 0.0 0.0 2350 77.4 88.3 0 57.0 1230 249 929 1150 6 17.7 22.6 1340 15.2 610 0.0 0.0 2350 78.0 88.1 520 60.9 1400 279 999 1210 7 18.0 23.0 1350 14.9 610 0.0 0.0 2350 74.5 87.1 50 50.3 1020 280 943 1150 8 18.4 23.4 1320 14.0 630 0.0 0.0 2350 74.4 90.1 2340 54.0 920 208 1058 1310 9 19.0 24.5 1430 16.3 400 0.0 0.0 2350 78.1 92.2 2030 57.8 1340 252 955 1110 10 18.9 23.3 1310 16.2 510 0.3 1.5 2220 76.0 89.6 2140 62.6 1420 268 940 1220 11 17.6 20.1 1040 15.8 1720 0.3 1.5 640 80.3 90.8 410 67.8 1440 212 1065 1320 12 17.5 21.8 1310 15.4 2300 0.0 0.0 2350 75.1 82.1 1930 59.3 1250 247 942 1150 13 17.2 21.6 1510 15.0 320 0.0 0.0 2350 73.2 84.5 1900 54.9 1350 256 941 1210 14 16.4 19.8 1430 14.0 740 0.0 0.0 2350 71.3 89.8 740 55.8 2350 266 911 1200 15 18.1 23.2 1200 14.9 420 0.0 0.0 2350 71.7 87.2 2150 48.7 1130 212 1076 1210 16 18.4 23.2 1210 15.6 2340 0.0 0.0 2350 73.9 86.0 2150 54.0 1140 184 993 1100 17 17.5 23.3 1310 12.8 540 0.0 0.0 2350 72.1 92.5 2240 48.6 1300 159 782 1040 18 17.4 22.5 1250 12.2 540 0.0 0.0 2350 81.0 92.5 2300 55.3 820 147 750 930 19 18.4 24.4 1110 13.7 420 0.0 0.0 2350 80.1 92.4 150 55.2 1110 166 1022 1110 20 20.2 25.1 1220 17.0 350 0.3 1.5 2000 59.4 87.8 1820 41.3 830 200 936 1200 21 19.8 23.4 1150 17.6 610 2.3 1.5 2320 75.4 92.2 1910 52.2 20 220 956 1140 22 19.4 23.0 1420 18.1 550 4.6 1.5 2330 84.3 91.6 600 68.0 1420 177 918 1220 23 19.2 22.1 1300 17.3 2350 3.0 1.5 1510 78.6 89.4 440 64.7 1520 240 934 1240 24 18.7 23.1 1420 16.9 520 0.0 0.0 2350 77.7 90.1 1930 63.2 1230 259 920 1040 25 18.0 22.2 1430 15.1 2340 0.5 1.5 1250 82.6 90.9 2350 63.1 1440 144 777 1400 26 18.7 23.7 1250 14.8 110 0.0 0.0 2350 80.6 92.5 210 61.8 1250 237 958 1010 27 19.1 23.2 1500 15.7 600 0.3 1.5 1710 78.2 89.9 600 60.0 1510 157 915 920 28 18.4 23.1 1210 15.9 340 0.0 0.0 2350 79.2 90.0 2010 62.7 1220 236 950 1130 29 18.8 23.8 1410 16.3 650 0.3 1.5 10 77.1 87.7 2140 57.5 1410 275 919 1140 30 18.6 22.7 1200 16.2 640 0.0 0.0 2350 69.1 83.8 20 55.9 2350 268 943 1150 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Month Tot. 18.2 25.1 12.2 11.9 1.5 76.6 93.9 41.3 226 1076